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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
A little while ago, I was listening to CBC radio and they were interviewing someone who was saying that some NATO countries are actually upset with Canada. Apparently, a few NATO countries basically told Canada not to send a lot of troops or go into high combat areas. They told Chretien that Canada did not have the power or means to go in, do the job, and get out. Now they look at us as a country that didn't heed their warnings and that eventually they will have to bail us out.
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I agree with that in a way, they were right, under Chretien and his anti armed forces rule the military was not equipped to fight a war of any kind. They were using obsolete vehicles or just terrible ones that filled his crony's and families pockets (Iltis jeeps), the troops didn't have the right cammo or body armour and while they were decently trained no thanks to the Liberal governments continual slashing of their budget, they didn't have the espirit de corp to go on a long term deployment. Harper and his government have done an very good job of getting decent equipment and kit to the troops but there's still a long way to go. After this deployment ends in 2011 the armed forces is going to have to go into an extended stand down from any international deployment to rearm rest and recruit. They're still facing some extreme equipment failures in the next 20 years especially in the air force and the navy.
We were fortunate that the Liberal's didn't plant a lot more bodies when they sent our military over there completely unprepared for what they were going to face.